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China promised Trump a better deal for America; it didn't actually deliver

Feb 15, 2022
In 2020, President Trump signed a deal with the Chinese government to improve trade relations. China, for the most part, has not followed through.
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Economy
Employees work in the workshop of a lithium battery manufacturing company in Huaibei, eastern China, on Nov. 14. China posted a record trade surplus in November, led by a surge in exports to the United States.

China Posts Record Month For Trade Thanks To Homebound, Bored Americans

Dec 07, 2020
China's trade surplus hit a record in November as exports to the U.S. soared by 46%. U.S. exports to China are also growing, but not as quickly.
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Planet Money
My Trek mountain bike.

What Bikes Tell Us About A Changing Global Economy

Aug 25, 2020
COVID-19 and tariffs are reconfiguring trade. And companies are reevaluating how and where their products get made.
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Economy
President Trump shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House after announcing a "Phase 1" trade agreement with China on Oct. 11. The two leaders are meeting again in Washington on Wednesday to sign the deal.

Trump To Sign 'Phase 1' China Trade Deal, But Most Tariffs Remain In Place

Jan 15, 2020
President Trump is set to sign a deal with China on Wednesday. The agreement relaxes some U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. In exchange, China is expected to buy more from the U.S.
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Business

Trump Backtracks On Brazil Steel Tariffs

Dec 20, 2019
President Trump has reversed himself and decided not to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Brazil. Financial markets were rattled when he abruptly announced a 25% tax on Dec. 2.
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Economy
U.S. farmers have suffered a one-two punch of bad weather, which makes it hard to grow crops, and tariffs, that make it hard to sell what they grow.

How Hard Are Tariffs Hitting The Economy? It Depends On Who You Ask

Dec 06, 2019
The U.S. economy is still growing, but trade tensions have taken a toll — especially on factories and farms. The trade war's impact on the overall economy is being debated.
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Economy
President Trump's remarks sent the stock market tumbling on Tuesday morning, as investors grappled to recalibrate to the suggestion that a trade deal with China could be a year away.

Stocks Slide As Trump Says China Trade Deal Might Wait Until After 2020 Election

Dec 03, 2019
"A China trade deal is dependent on one thing — do I want to make it," the president said, adding, "In some ways, I like the idea of waiting until after the election for the China deal."
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Technology
The U.S. government is letting American businesses work with Chinese tech giant Huawei for three more months, in a third delay to a ban enacted in May for national security reasons.

U.S. Firms Get 90-Day Extension To Work With Huawei On Rural Networks

Nov 18, 2019
The U.S. government is letting American businesses work with Chinese tech giant Huawei for an additional three months, in a third delay to a ban enacted in May for national security reasons.
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Economy
In a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, President Trump said a mini trade agreement with China could happen "soon," but he offered no guarantees.

Trump Makes No Promises On China Trade Deal

Nov 12, 2019
President Trump says a mini trade agreement with China could happen "soon," but he offered no guarantees. In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Trump downplayed the cost of his trade war.
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Economy

Fed Cuts Rates Again To Boost A Slowing Economy

Oct 30, 2019
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, in an effort to support an economy that continues to tap the brakes. Economic growth in the third quarter was just 1.9%.
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Economy
GDP numbers out Wednesday show the U.S. economy lost some steam in the third quarter. President Trump is banking on a strong economy as his ticket to a second term.

As Growth Slows To 1.9%, The Economy Is Falling Short Of Trump's Target

Oct 30, 2019
GDP numbers out Wednesday show the U.S. economy lost some steam in the third quarter. President Trump is banking on a strong economy as his ticket to a second term.
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Business
A winemaker pours rosé at the Chateau Sainte Roseline in the southern France region of Provence. European producers of premium specialty agricultural products like French wine, face a U.S. tariff hike with duties on a range of European goods, including

Where There's A Wine, There's A Way

Oct 25, 2019
A Florida company has found a way to sidestep the Trump administration's new, 25% tariffs on French wine. The company is importing bulk wine by the truckload tariff-free and bottling it in the U.S.
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Business
Goldfish, like these showcased at Tokyo's Nihonbashi Art Aquarium, have been bred in China over centuries, into forms so varied and rare that one can be worth hundreds of dollars.

The Goldfish Tariff: Fancy Pet Fish Among The Stranger Casualties Of The Trade War

Oct 16, 2019
China is considered the motherland of aquarium goldfish, bred over centuries into rare forms. Now tariffs have some U.S. sellers of these goldfish in a tailspin.
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Asia
Visitors are tracked by face recognition technology from state-owned surveillance equipment manufacturer Hikvision at the Security China 2018 expo in Beijing. Hikvision is one of several firms that have been added to a U.S. trade blacklist.

U.S. Blacklists Chinese Tech Firms Over Treatment Of Uighurs

Oct 07, 2019
The Commerce Department added 28 Chinese security bureaus and tech firms to the Entity List, including Hikvision, a leading producer of video surveillance and face recognition technology.
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The Salt
A worker at a bog owned by Massachusetts-based Decas Cranberry Products, Inc., removes vines from a batch of just-harvested berries.

How The Trade War Crushed A Growing Chinese Market For U.S. Cranberries

Oct 06, 2019
The U.S. has spent millions to get China to embrace the unknown fruit — and it did. Now, tariffs have driven China to buy its cranberries from other countries, leaving U.S. farmers in the lurch.
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Economy
A worker assembles an industrial valve at Emerson Electric Co.'s factory in Marshalltown, Iowa. The manufacturing sector has seen a slowdown amid the ongoing trade war.

Hiring Steady As Employers Add 136,000 Jobs; Unemployment Dips To 3.5%

Oct 04, 2019
U.S. employers added 136,000 jobs in September — a sign of continued resilience in the labor market amid growing signals that the economy is losing steam. The jobless rate was the lowest since 1969.
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Business
President Trump signed a partial trade agreement along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York, where the two leaders are attending the United Nations General Assembly.

U.S. Farmers Get A Much-Needed Break Under Partial Trade Pact With Japan

Sep 25, 2019
President Trump signed a partial trade agreement with Japan that promises lower tariffs on U.S. farm exports. The deal does not address Trump's threat to impose a tariff on Japanese cars.
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Business
With a growing number of imports from China facing tariffs, some companies are trying to avoid those costs by falsely labeling Chinese products as manufactured elsewhere.

A Mysterious Pencil Factory Sharpens Focus On Tariff Scams

Sep 25, 2019
With more imports from China facing tariffs, some companies are trying to avoid the taxes by falsely labeling Chinese products as made elsewhere. One case traces to a dusty factory in the Philippines.
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Economy

Manufacturing Shrinks For 1st Time In 3 Years On Trade Tensions

Sep 03, 2019
Manufacturing activity in the U.S. shrank last month for the first time in three years. Factories are especially sensitive to international forces, including the ongoing trade wars.
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Business
Designer Isaac Mizrahi (left) embraces Robert D'Loren, CEO of Xcel Brands, which once manufactured 70% of its clothes in China. Today that's down to about 20%. The company now manufacturers in a variety of countries, including Indonesia, India and Sri La

China Falls Out Of Fashion For Some U.S. Brands

Aug 30, 2019
As the trade war drags on, more manufacturers are looking to relocate from China to avoid Trump's tariffs. A firm that sells Isaac Mizrahi's clothing line has already shifted much of its production.
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Business
Visitors look at a Cadillac Escalade at the China Auto Show in Beijing in 2018. For General Motors, China is a bigger market than the United States.

U.S. Companies In China Get Caught In The Trade War Crossfire

Aug 27, 2019
President Trump recently tweeted that American companies would be better off without China. But many American companies earn a significant portion of their profits there.
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World
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and President Trump participate in a G-7 working session. Trump is in Biarritz, France, for the G-7 summit of the world's biggest economic powers.

Trump Walks Back Statements On China; White House Walks Them Forward

Aug 25, 2019
The president said he was having second thoughts after hiking tariffs on Chinese goods and threatening to force U.S. companies out of China. The White House said his comments were misinterpreted.
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Business
President Trump said he would respond later Friday to China's latest tariffs. "Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China," he tweeted. It was unclear what Trump could do to force U.S. firms t

Trump Lashes Out At China After Beijing Sets New Tariffs On U.S. Goods, Autos

Aug 23, 2019
The president vowed to respond after China said it will slap tariffs on $75 billion of autos and other U.S. goods. And he "ordered" U.S. firms to stop doing business with China. Stocks fell sharply.
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Business
Frog meat is among the many items imported from China that had been facing tariffs in a few weeks, but now the tariffs are delayed until December.

Trump's New Tariff Target List: Flags In, Bibles Out, Frog Meat Delayed

Aug 13, 2019
The Trump administration tweaked its list of Chinese imports subject to a 10% tariff this fall. We found some surprises buried in the thousands of tariff line items.
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Business
A truck passes a stack of China Shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Georgia on July 5, 2018. The Trump administration is delaying some tariffs from taking effect until December.

Trump Administration Delays Some China Tariffs

Aug 13, 2019
The Trump administration is postponing some tariffs on Chinese imports set to take effect on Sept.1. Tariffs on laptops, cellphones, some clothing and other items are now set to begin Dec. 15.

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